LOS ANGELES – Will Barton savored his dagger 3-pointers and the silence that befell the Lakers’ faithful.
Behind Nikola Jokic’s superlative effort, the longtime Nuggets’ veteran helped spearhead Denver’s 129-118 win here Sunday to push the Lakers’ season even closer to the edge. The purple-and-gold crowd started filing out well before the final buzzer sounded.
With LeBron James injured and unable to contribute, the Lakers lost their sixth consecutive game while the Nuggets, momentarily, took hold of the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference.
Now 47-32, the Nuggets have just three games left, beginning Tuesday vs.